Spinning reel info

[fishen4bass]

Hey guys I all but destroyed my open face spinning reel today and it looks like I will need to replace it. It was a shimano Stradic 2500FH and I never was all that crazy about it. I am looking to you guys for any suggestions or what you all use.
Thanks
Greg

[Pro Reel]

I'm not impressed by most brands spinning reels even at the highest prices. The biggest problem is the bails and rotors all wear out too fast and then the reel will never be the same. The way I used to deal with this problem was to simply buy medium level reels in the 40 to 50 dollar range and donate them to kids when they showed signs of wear. I have recently discovered that Abu has made some drastic improvements to the spinning reel design. They have the Cardinal 500 series and the Soron. They redesigned the rotor head and bail arms. They now build them out of light weight aluminum alloy and they put bearings in the pivot points of the arms. Used properly these should give you trouble free performance for many years. They are also using carbon fiber drags.

[Camden]

yea the new abu's are really nice. smoooth bail operation.
of course for a smaller reel i like my mitchel avocet II.

[fishen4bass]

Thanks for the reply guys. Kevin I value your opinion a lot! I was thinking of going with reels in the 50 to 80 range as I use very little spinnig equipment. Camdin I will also take a look at the Mitchels as many years ago all I would use was the old 300's

[Pro Reel]

The cardinal 500 series at $69 or $79 would be a great reel in that range. I can't comment on the avocet as i have not seen the insides of one yet.

[Camden]

its not the best built spinner on the market. but it runs under 50 bucks and it has been great for me so far. like i said i use it for smaller applications with light line. 6-8 lb test and usually on a really light jig or small drop shot.